News::All Games Should Play in 60 Frames per Second

Lately, with the release of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the frames per second debate has been happening a lot more, largely in the context of game developers intentionally capping their games to 30 fps. This was especially the case with Bethesdas The Evil Within, which not only capped the games frame rate on both consoles and the PC, but letterboxed the screen. Along with an optional grain filter, it was plainly obvious that developer Tango Gameworks wanted to emulate an old, 1970s film look. After outcry from the PC community, the developer patched the game to both uncap the framerate and remove the letterbox.



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News::Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gothams Red Brick Cheats and Character Unlock Codes

JunkExplorer: Travellers Tales developed a game known as Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for PC, iOS, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3Ds and PS Vita. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is the 3rd installment in the Lego Batman video game franchise. This game is the sequel to Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes. Lego Batman: Beyond Gotham was released in November all over the world.



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News::Reflex: Early Access Preview | Power Up Gaming

Amber Colyer writes: "It began as a Kickstarter for Australian game studio Turbo Pixel Studios. The concept of Reflex was to take players back to the grandiose times of Quake or Unreal Tournament in an arena-shooter environment. Turbo Pixel Studios promises a game that is essentially a classic FPS meets new age technology, combining into one diverse competitive arena experience."



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News::Shadow Warrior Review | Codec Moments

The first person shooter genre has come a long way since 1997, and despite the critical failure that was Duke Nukem Forever, theres still an appetite for reviving some of the better games from 15+ years ago. This year has seen Wolfenstein: The New Order, a game really liked by Codec Moments, and now theres this. Its battled from PC to console and kept out of sight for many, but should you let Shadow Warrior creep in to your collection?



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News::Final Fantasy XIII-2 Has Custom Resolutions At 60fps On Steam

SegmentNext writes: "Publisher Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will arrive on Steam on December 11, 2014. It will host new features, particularly those that affect visual quality."



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News::5 Things Everyone Does in Open World Games

The open world games season has started. What better way to enjoy it than with these 5 things? How many of these things do you do in open world games?



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News::Assassin's Creed Unity Trophy / Achievements Guide

This is a guide on how to get the trickier trophies / achievements for Assassin's Creed Unity.



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News::Assassins Creed Unity Skills Guide

Once you reach the third memory of the second sequence you unlock the ability to purchase new skills. This Assassins Creed Unity Skills Guide provides a list of all the skills you can unlock, the cost of unlocking them and the tutorial video associated with each ability from the in-game menu. The skills of Assassins Creed Unity are divided into 4 unique categories; Melee, Ranged, Stealth and Health.



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News::Just Cause 3 won't have in-game microtransactions, promises Avalanche

Just Cause 3 is officially happening. If that confirmation doesn't brighten your day, you must have skipped the last installment, which was stupid, awesome, and one of the best videogame sandboxes ever created. Speaking of, Just Cause 2 is $2.99 on Steam right now. Get in there.

More good news: Avalanche Studios co-founder and chief creative officer Christofer Sundberg says Just Cause 3 "does not feature in-game microtransactions." It won't be a free-to-play game, either, though I'm not sure anyone seriously thought that would be the case.

"Beyond launch, we are likely to look into DLC packs and items as part of our ambition to support [the game] and its players for many years to come, but until that time we're completely focused on making the best Just Cause game we possibly can," says Sundberg.

Last week's leaked screenshots "were taken from an ancient version of Just Cause 3," which shouldn't come as a surprise. Can't wait to see how Rico's new wingsuit fits in with the existing grapple and parachute mechanics. Should be ridiculous even by Just Cause standards.

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News::The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Review | Den of Geek US

The self-described demake of the cult classic roguelike adds hundreds of new creepy crawlies to Edmund McMillens twisted basement.



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News::Soul Axiom Gets New Screens, Nears Early Access Release

Accompanying the news of Soul Axiom's upcoming Early Access release, Wales Interactive has unveiled a new batch of screenshots, further showcasing the strange and beautiful locations that players will explore.



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News::Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Review | Saving Content

Excerpt: "Sledgehammer Games' first entry in the Call of Duty franchise is the freshest that the series has been in quite some time. It shows that even the every-other-year trade-off between Infinity Ward and Treyarch has caused some burnout. With a new pair of eyes looking at the series, many changes have been made, and all for the better."



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News::Assassins Creed Unity Came Out Today and Twitter Is So Over Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed Unity definitely launched with loads of hype around it. And while there are certainly many who are enjoying the game, many individuals around the internet have gone up in arms about some of the game's less...fluid features. Twitter seems to be disappointed with the game's launch quality.



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News::[ABG] Illuminascii - Wonderfully Random ASCII-Styled Roguelike FPS

Poppy the Austere Hobbit Security Guard fought bravely, dispatching (among others) a professional dinosaur, a Demented Pool Cue and a Ruinous Mother-In-Law before falling foul to a Deformed Bishop on level 6. Rest in piece Poppy, you faught well! No this isnt the start of a mental break down, its just a normal play-through of the wonderfully bizarre ASCII-styled procedurally generated FPS Roguelike Illuminascii.



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News::8 Ways to Tell if You Should Buy Assassins Creed Rogue

Unsure if you wanna take the dive into Assassin's Creed Rogue? Well, these 8 simple questions will have the answer for you.



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News::Interview With Rob O'Leary of Adventure Box

While attending EGX 2014 at Earls Court, London on Thursday 25th September 2014, Paul Izod caught up with Rob OLeary,CTO of Adventure Box Rob took some time out from EGX to tell Paul all about his companys upcoming title, Adventure Box, which just so happens to look pretty damn good



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News::Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Multiplayer Review - CanadianGamer

Jake Goldberg of CanadianGamer writes : The newest Call of Duty has been out for no more than a week now. Developed this time by Sledgehammer games has set out to change the traditional formula of how Call of Duty is played. This review is strictly multiplayer, seeing as many fans of the series play Call of Duty for this reason only. Lets get into the review. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a pretty game, but it doesnt do anything spectacular that hasnt been seen in past CODs. The models are all done well and the textures are above average, but Call of Duty has never been about the graphics, and so this game is pretty true to the series in most respects. The game is surprisingly decently optimized for Nvidia graphics cards, sadly the same cant be said for AMD cards. The video settings panel has a good amount of options that can be toggled to affect performance, but you wont want to be playing this game at anything other than 60FPS. A great yet super simple feature incl...



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News::We were playing CoD: Advanced Warfare, but we wanted to hang with Stephan at the skate park

Max and I continue to fumble around in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , as our minds wander to some predictably stupid places. We talk about meeting an imaginary teen named Stephan at the skate park, how to find "The Boob," and aggravatingly stupid YouTube comments.

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News::5 Impressions of the First Few Hours of Assassins Creed Unity

Ubisoft, in their efforts build up the hype for Assassins Creed Unity, allowed some streamers on Twitch to play through some of the game. The question is, however, does Unity live up to that hype, or is it all just a flash in the pan? Here are a few takeaways from the first several hours.



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News::Assassin's Creed Unity Takes Video Game Kissing To A Whole New Level

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News::Magicmaker Review - PwnEm

With an appropriate title, Magicmaker brings the fun of making magic to your PC. Don't let its simplistic graphics turn you off.



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News::Assassin's Creed: Unity Review - STN

STN Writes: Assassin's Creed: Unity is definitely my favourite title in the series so far. The story started slow but once it got going it had me gripped. I love the new additions to the combat and movement and I enjoyed the twists which appear frequently throughout the game. Fans of the series will not be disappointed and anyone joining the series for the first time certainly won't regret their time spent with the game. Now if only we could have an Assassin's Creed set in the future.



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News::Review: 'Assassin's Creed Unity' - Vive la Revolution | Play Enlightened

Assassins Creed constitutes a polarizing series, with a huge breadth of opinion about each and every entry that comes out. Assassins Creed Unity follows up Black Flag with a depiction of France amidst revolution, and delivers one of the best games the series has seen. to date.



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News::Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Patches Coming to "All Platforms"

The development team behind Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has rolled out a patch for the PC version following numerous complaints of lag affecting online multiplayer. A spokesperson for Sledgehammer Games has said the PC update will be followed by a patch for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game. An additional patch is also being worked on for the next-gen consoles, which is expected to go live before the end of the week.



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News::Advanced Warfare is the best thing ever... For Battlefield

From GamesReviews: "For years, EA have tried to take the battle to Activision and for years they've fallen short. The PR smack talk every year DICE has released a shooter has been intense, and every release does respectfully by almost any measure, except that of Call of Duty. "It's not that they're especially similar, because they're not - outside of the basic premise of running around shooting one another anyway. Rather, it's just two big games in a single genre. But now, Activision has given EA a lifeline by publishing a Call of Duty that leaves even the pretence of realism completely behind."



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News::Review: Assassin's Creed: Unity | Stevivor

Steve Wright -- "After twenty five hours with Assassins Creed: Unity, I can happily say that repose en paix is my new requiescat in pace."



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News::Sonic Throws The Worst Parties

Ever wonder what a celebration held by Sonic and friends looks like? Turns out, the answer can be summed up with the word "hilarious."

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News::PS4 Exclusive Deep Down: Capcom Opens New Studio in Tokyo; Probably Working on Other Games/Platforms

Capcom has been hard at work on Deep Down after multiple delays of the beta, which is now scheduled for 2015, and the publisher opened a new studio in Tokyo exclusively dedicated to developing online games focusing on next generation platforms.



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News::15 Most Awaited Video Games of 2015

2014 is about to end and it has mixed bag for big games so far. Across Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and PC platforms, there are gaming treats aplenty in 2015. These are the most awaited titles for gamers. For many, though, 2015 is when many of the biggest and potentially best titles are set to arrive, and wed tend to agree.



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News::Assassin's Creed Unity PC/PS4 Comparison Shows Significant Graphics Difference

Here's a comparison of Assassin's Creed Unity screenshots from the PC & PlayStation 4 versions.



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News::Review: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Gameranx

Gameranx: "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is this generation's premier shooter."



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News::Civilization: Beyond Earth Is A Satisfyingly Strategic Sequel | GammaSquad

'Civilization: Beyond Earth' is the series' biggest step forward in nearly a decade.



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News::Fend off cannibals with a friend in The Forest

There's this Discovery show called Naked and Afraid in which two nude strangers survive in the wilderness for three weeks. It's alright but the novelty wares off fast. Imagine how much more entertaining it'd be if there were cannibal mutants scurrying around.

Until American television reaches that point, here's the next best thing: cooperative play in The Forest. Endnight Games has released an update that allows players to pair up. It's also "slowed down [the] tennis ball throw massively" so they can play catch. How thoughtful.

Co-op is rough in its current state -- reminder: The Forest is still in Steam Early Access -- so hold off unless you're okay with bugs or curiosity has gotten the better of you. Endnight intends to smooth out the experience and support more than two players with future patches.

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News::Sledgehammer Have Managed The Unthinkable | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Gamer Attitude Review

Thomas Ellis of Gamer Attitude shares his thoughts on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare



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News::The toxicity of Freemium games is South Park right?

Matt Stone and Trey Parker do like to prove a headache for video game companies dont they? Over the past few years this duo of enthusiast gamers have used their evergreen South Park series to poke fun, deride and lampoon many aspects of the industry. Who can forget their classic World of Warcraft episode, or indeed the equally brilliant Guitar Hero one? Well this time theyve directed their ire at one of the more unsavoury aspects of the modern gaming and smartphone industry, which is the current free to pay or freemium model.



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News::Rogue Wizards Reaches Kickstarter Goal

Spellbind Studios, an independent games studio dedicated to creating high quality and accessible core role-playing games, announced today that Rogue Wizards has reached its $70,000 goal on Kickstarter



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News::Team Fortress 2sdays: Bonus ducks

Happy Tuesday!

Sorry for missing last weeks post, things around the Platt house have just gotten a bit busier than I was expecting and, well, I forgot.

Looks like there's going to be another mouth to feed around here, and the sounds of little feet, eventually running all over...

Here's Shadow with some words of wisdom:

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News::Pocket Rumble is a Neo Geo Pocket-Inspired Fighter

Marcus Estrada writes: "Pocket Rumble offers a pixelated aesthetic that doesn't pull from the NES or SNES era but Neo Geo Pocket style instead. It also seems to have inherited the playful spirit of that handheld and the time as well. Each fighter both looks distinct and has a different playstyle. One example of the cast's creativity is Keiko whose special moves are channeled into her pet cat Q."



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News::GTA 5: Im Suddenly Obsessed with Rain, and Its Grand Theft Autos Fault

GeekParty's Julian Watkins: "Jeez.. I hate to be that guy that keeps harping about one specific game all the time, but Rockstar Games is leaving me no choice. On the heels of GTA Vs first-person mode announcement comes this comparison video between the PS3 and PS4. It really drives home the graphical kick that this game is getting on our new consoles. I mean just look at that fucking rain!"



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News::Review: 'Assassin's Creed Unity' - Repose En Paix | Examiner

Assassins Creed Unity represents a fairly bold step for Ubisoft, leaving the shackles of the past generation hardware allows the publisher to focus on the more capable new consoles, and hopefully deliver more cinematic and immersive environments. Unity not only looks great rendered on new hardware, but plays as well as ever, and delivers a story that is easily one of the most entertaining the series has ever seen.



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News::COD Advanced Warfare Latest Patch Tweaks Multiplayer, Optimizes Connectivity; Changelog Revealed

GearNuke: "This new patch is now live on the PS4 and other platforms."



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News::Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition Review | Analog Addiction

14 years after its initial release, Icewind Dale has been re-released as an Enhanced Edition on the PC, Mac, and mobile platforms. How does the game fare in today's game market? Analog Addiction has played through the title to let you know!



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News::Mod Spotlight: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic alternative ending

Continue Play's Sam Mercaldo looks at Strudel Man's classic mod for Knights of the Old Republic, which allows female dark side players to resolve their romance with Carth aboard the Star Forge - at a terrible price.



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News::The Mythology Behind La Mulanas Bosses

GeekParty's Adam Tuerff delves into the mythology surrounding La Mulana's boss characters and articulates how the attention to detail really separates the game from others in the Metroidvania-style.



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News::Assassins Creed Unity Guide: Best Way To Get Creed Points Fast

This Assassins Creed Unity Guide: Best Way To Get Creed Points Fast guide will list all of the techniques weve discovered that provide the quickest and fastest way to level. Once youve progressed through the main story to the point where you join the Assassins you get the option to upgrade your abilities with Creed Points.



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News::Why Dragon Age: Inquisition Definitely Wont Disappoint You

Twinfinite writes, "Dragon Age: Inquisition is quickly approaching. The hype is building, but some are worried that Dragon Age: Inquisition will be yet another disappointment. While some of the doom and gloom may be warranted, there are a few reasons to suggest that we wont be disappointed come November 18th."



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News::League of Legends Season 4 Is Over!

League of Legends Season 4 has now ended! As soon as the servers come back up, we will officially be in the Pre-Season! During this Pre-Season, a huge amount of changes are being gradually rolled out: with a whole new Summoners Rift, an entirely different Jungle and Jungle Items and a myriad of other changes, this Pre-Season is going to present a huge challenge to all players in adapting their play styles.



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News::Second Life Real Estate Purchase Goes Horribly Wrong

Second Life has always been one of the strangest virtual spaces. It's an odd mixture of totally earnest role players, professional sellers and weird-as-hell trolls. And buying or selling something in it looks like it can turn into a total nightmare, fast.

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News::​12 Cartoons From The 1980s No One Will Ever Have Nostalgia For

The '80s were the heyday of children's animation, when weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings were packed full of cartoons. Some were great; some were just okay, and some were unbearably wretched. Here are a dozen '80s cartoons that don't deserve to be remembered at all, let alone fondly.

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